A/HRC/13/58 Member States are called upon to pursue proactive outreach to relevant communities and concerned groups to: 8. Acknowledge and condemn hate crimes based on race or religion and speak out against official racial or religious intolerance and bigotry; 9. Educate the public about hate crimes, including legal redress mechanisms; and 10. Create forums for working on confidence-building measures after instances of hate crimes. 58. Argentina, on behalf of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Uruguay, suggested that a compilation should be made of national legislation to combat hate crimes as well as guidelines on the issue. 7. Human rights education 59. Statements and/or text proposals were made by Italy (on behalf of the cross-regional Platform on Human Rights Education and Training), Morocco, Japan (on behalf of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Uruguay), Sweden (on behalf of the EU), Canada, the United States of America, Slovenia, Nigeria (on behalf of the African Group), Indonesia, Argentina (on behalf of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Uruguay). The following observers made statements: Association for World Education and World Union for Progressive Judaism (joint statement) (see A/HRC/13/CRP.1). 60. 61. The EU made the following proposals: 1. States should implement existing commitments regarding human rights education, including human rights education for children and youth and human rights education for public officials and professionals, which are included in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and other relevant instruments, and States should support ongoing efforts to promote human rights education, in particular the process of elaboration of a United Nations declaration on human rights education and training, and the implementation of the World Programme for Human Rights Education; 2. Call on States to consider formulating and implementing national action plans and ensuring human rights education, as an important means to promote tolerance and respect for diversity. The United States made the following proposals: Member States are called upon to engage in a multi-faceted approach to human rights training: 14 1. Institute and expand training programmes to inform and sensitize governmental authorities about actions, perceptions and biases that may contribute to racial and religious discrimination and intolerance; 2. Make widely accessible information about victims’ rights and remedies in situations of racial and religious discrimination and violence; and 3. Conduct a public awareness campaign and widely disseminate relevant international human rights instruments, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Declaration on Religious Minorities, the International GE.10-10366